Fourth Reich Archaeology

The Warren Commission Decided 6: Dulles

We’re back with another installment of The Warren Commission Decided to round out our excavation into the backgrounds and baggage of the seven commissioners LBJ appointed to seal up the narrative of the JFK assassination in the wake of the murder of Lee Oswald. And we’ve saved the worst for last: God’s own monster, Allen Welsh Dulles.

Oceans of ink have been spilled, and miles of vocal cords chafed recounting the genocidal legacy of Allen Dulles. You know we’re averse to troddin...

The Warren Commission Decided 4: John Sherman Cooper - A Kentucky Gentleman in King Kennedy’s Court

Our long time listeners will know that we at Fourth Reich Archaeology are big fans of a love story. Whether it's a romance (like between Jerry and Betty Ford), or a bromance (like between Jerry and Richard Nixon), or a platonic love story about the paternal bond between mentor and mentee (like between LBJ and Dick Russell), we love it all. That’s why we can hardly contain ourselves this week, as we explore what may well be the most unexplored love story between two people who are eternally ...

NEW MUSIC: "American Blood (Aberration)" by Angleton's Orchids

Our cohost Don, whose music you may remember from the outro to our Intro episode, or to the Jacob Silverman interview, is working on a new song, inspired by Wendy Painting's incredible book, "Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh," and Don DeLillo's 1983 essay on the Kennedy Assassination, "American Blood."

That essay was expanded into DeLillo's novel, "Libra," which gives a fictionalized but fascinating account of the life of Lee Harvey Oswald. 2025-03-17 18:59:11 +0000 UTC View Post

The Warren Commission Decided 2: Building a Commission

As promised, we are digging into the surprising story of the formation of the Warren Commission over the week succeeding Lee Oswald's murder by Jack Ruby on November 24, 1963. Most observers assume that the idea originated with President Lyndon Baines Johnson, whose name was on the Executive Order creating the Commission on November 29, but that is far from the case.

In fact, Johnson - and FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover - initially opposed the creation of a presidential commission, preferrin...

The Warren Commission Decided 1

We are in the big game now. Jack gets capped and it’s up to FBI informant Gerald Ford Jr. and a ragtag band of Fourth Reichsmen helmed by ex-CIA chief, Allen Dulles, to investigate (read: cover up) the murder. 

We recap the first half of Jerry’s life’s work and his entry into the keystone of the political pyramid, including the insane amount of intersections Jerry has with historical personages and events, with a heavy center of gravity in the intelligence community… We’r...

Jerryworld 7 (Pt. 2): Money

In Money Pt. 2, we switch lenses from macro to micro and link back up with Jerry as he navigates the scene we set in part one. Recall that in part one, we gave a big-picture view of the U.S. as it emerged out of WWII as the victor and began its reign over the rubble left in the wake of the War.  We discussed how the “Cold War” was not so cold after all, as Nazi General Reinhard Gehlen’s “stay-behind” armies (under the direction and on the payroll of the ClA) waged guerrilla war...

Jerryworld 7 (Pt. 1): Money

Congressman Gerald R. Ford Jr. - once upon a time known as Leslie Lynch King, Jr. - is in the money. Not literally. Yet. But he’s moving major stacks for Uncle Sam. You see, with a maneuver of cunning and of sidling up to just the right power brokers, Jerry lands himself a seat on the much-coveted House Appropriations Committee in his first term in office. From rookie to MVP contender in the House. Not only that, but he’s also on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. 

This i...

2024 Election Special: Choose Your Hitler

A true American spectacle, the sights and sounds of the 2024 campaign trail appear to have been inspired by the pomp and circumstance of modern professional wrestling. In fact, with a steady bombardment of character arcs, secret alliances, double-crosses, over-the-top walkout songs, cheesy catchphrases, and interludes from rappers and comedians to boot, you’ve been so busy being entertained this election cycle that you don’t even realize your favorite politician hasn’t said a lick about...

Jerryworld 6: Carousel

We are continuing our mission to post our entire backlog on Patreon. We last left off at Jerryworld 5, Part 2. In that episode, Jerry bought the ticket to Congress. In this episode, he takes the ride. Already aboard the ride and two years deep into their own nascent political careers were fellow Navy combat vets Jack Kennedy and Dick Nixon, whom we cover in this episode.

We pick things up with Jerry during the first term of his Congressional career. He's the classic outsider candidat...

Fourth Reich Geopolitik 1

Join us this week in the first installment of what will be a periodic series focused on current events within our Reich, and the historical precedents in Reichs past.  We’re calling it “Fourth Reich Geopolitik.” 

After a little catch-up on some of the latest expressions of fascism in American politics, we go back to basics and wipe off our patented Fourth Reich lenses.  Recall that when we say “Fourth Reich,” what we refer to is a regime with the same capacity f...

The Warren Commission Decided 8: Specter's Spectre

The Warren Commission Decided 8: Specter's Spectre

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This week marks the return of our series within a series, The Warren Commission Decided.  Continuing our exploration into the Commission’s staff, in this episode we focus on the man behind the �...

Technofascism with Jacob Silverman

This week, we are thrilled to welcome a very special guest, journalist and author Jacob Silverman. Jacob’s writing focuses on the tech industry; particularly on the political activism of tech billionaires and their collective efforts to buy the U.S. government and instrumentalize it in support of their nefarious fascist worldview. 

His forthcoming book, “Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley” could not be coming out at a more timely moment, and you c...

Jerryworld 5 (Pt. 2): Love/Machine

Look out folks! Here comes the second part of our fifth installment of Jerryworld!

Jerryworld 5 (Pt. 1): Love/Machine

Today's Patreon re-release is the start to another two-parter. In this one, we introduce the female lead in our Jerryworld saga, Betty Bloomer Ford.

Jerryworld 4 (Pt. 2): WAR

Almost exactly 80 years ago today, when Gerald Ford Jr. was finished with his tour of duty in the Pacific, his first stop was back home to Grand Rapids for a brief visit with mom and dad. We cover that saga, and more, in our second installment of Jerryworld 4: WAR.

Jerryworld 4 (Pt. 1): WAR

Day five of our Patreon re-release series means we get to revisit our first two-parter episode, Jerryworld 4: WAR!

Jerryworld 3: Boola Boola

Can you believe it is already day four of our Patreon "re-release" series?! This one is called "Boola Boola," which is of course the famed Yale University football song.

In this episode, we dig deep into the whole Yale milieu of the time - how curious that Jerry finds himself in the land of Boola Boola at the same time as many of the godfathers of the American intelligence apparatus. . . .

Jerryworld 2: Leatherhead

It's day three of our "re-release" series, which means it's time for one of our favorite episodes: Leatherhead.

More than just a biography of Gerald Ford Jr.'s early years, Leatherhead is a geographical and cultural tour of Jerry's hometown, Grand Rapids, Michigan. The class-based and ethnic lines demarcating the city's neighborhoods, plus the Calvinist work ethic pervading its business community, shaped the man Jerry grew into. As the title suggests, this episode also covers Jerry's ...

Jerryworld 1: Origins

Alrighty folks, it is day two of our journey to "re-release" our entire episode catalogue on Patreon. Today's drop is episode 1 of the series that started us off: Jerryworld.

Join us as we give this "All-American" origin story another listen today.

Fourth Reich Archaeology: An Introduction

Happy new year! To ring in the new year, we thought it would be nice to "re-release" our catalogue on Patreon, so that our content can live here too. To kick things off, here is our very first episode ever.

And don't worry folks, we've still got brand new episodes coming your way every week.

2025 is going to be spectacular!

Unpacking Propaganda: “Fly Me To The Moon”

This is our first in what we expect to be a series of digs into works of propaganda - film, music, art exhibitions, books, etc. We hope you like it and please reach out with feedback, reactions, and suggestions for other things to cover! Since we know our audience is consummately literate, for further reading of a similar type, one of my favorites (and a lifelong inspiration) is Roland Barthes’ seminal “Mythologies.” Now without further ado, our propaganda review of the 2024 Apple Films...

Welcome New Patrons!!!

We wanted to send a note of welcome and thanks to all of you who’ve signed up recently and reaffirm our heartiest gratitude to the OG crew that have been with us from the ground floor. We really do love and appreciate you all.

As you’re probably sick of hearing us say on the pod, we really do work more than full time in our day jobs and fit this work into any temporal crevice we can find. Most weeks one or both of us will pull at least one all-nighter to make sure the research, outl...

The Warren Commission Decided 5 pt. 2: The Real McCloy

We are back for another round of excavation into the life, times, and legacy of Reichsman extraordinaire, John J. McCloy. We last left off with McCloy’s service in WWI, during which he spent the bulk of his time as aide-de-camp to Brigadier General Guy H. Preston. Preston was not only a soldier in the settler colonial army of the Western frontier, he was a participant in the Wounded Knee Massacre who was charged with taking possession of the Indian prisoners of war. What a mark that left on...

Führer Fever (Patreon EXCLUSIVE)

Are you heading into Thanksgiving weekend wondering WTF you will talk about with family and friends? Fear not, dear listener; Fourth Reich Archaeology has got you covered. In an EXCLUSIVE pre-Thanksgiving drop for our Patreon subscribers, we offer some fodder for the forthcoming awkward dinner on a subject that we’re sure you’ll agree is dinner conversation appropriate–the sad true fact that we are currently living in the Fourth Reich. 

In the third installment of our 2024 el...

The Warren Commission Decided 3: Commissioners Assemble (pt. 1)

Last week, we talked about how President Lyndon Johnson came to put together a top-flight blue ribbon commission to cover up the Kennedy assassination. For the next two episodes, we go around the table and introduce the listener to each of the seven members of that  commission. As we do, we also receive a masterclass on how to lie, manipulate, coerce, and outright strongarm to get your way. At the head of the class is LBJ. 

Along with its chairman, Earl Warren, the Warren Comm...

BONUS: A Halloween Defection - Oswald in Moscow

As a special thanks to our patrons, and as we are gearing up to go deep into the Warren Commission in the universe of Jerryworld, we wanted to drop a little spooky story about Lee Harvey Oswald's attempted defection to the Soviet Union on Halloween, 1959. It's short, sweet, and mysterious. We hope you like it!

Songs:

The Phantom of the Opera

Vladimir Vysotsky - Koni Priveredivye (Fastidious Horses)

Timothy Cleary - Mission Critical

Michael Jackson - Stranger in M...

Jerryworld Playlist

You've asked for it, and now here it finally is. Apologies for taking so long to give you, our loyal and most deeply loved and appreciated ground-floor subscribers, a little something to set yer playlist to.

Enjoy, and thanks again for tuning in!!

Jerryworld Origins

• Elvis Pressly - Suspicious Minds

• The Out of Limits - The Reptoid Connection (Programmed 2 Chill Theme)

• John Williams - Hymn to the Fallen (from Saving Pri...

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